What to do in an emergency??

I am yet to get a ball python... and was wondering, what do i do if a disaster strikes? Like if there is an earthquake and the power goes out, should I stock up on little heat packs? I was just wondering, and, California is ofter liable to earthquakes..:tears:

You could invest is a back up power source. Small gas generators will work for long power outages. For short ones you won't need to worry about it.
Also your in ca so if it's warm if I had to I'd bag everyone up and go outside.



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Just buy like 5 48hr heat packs. You sould be good. Buying a generator for one pet snake seems a little silly imo :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Homegrownscales

You could invest is a back up power source. Small gas generators will work for long power outages. For short ones you won't need to worry about it.
Also your in ca so if it's warm if I had to I'd bag everyone up and go outside.



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X2. The power goes out in my apartment all time. it's only for about 30 mins at a time though, so when it went out in winter, I put my snake under my shirt with a blanket on top. haha I know this wouldn't work for multiple snakes but it worked for one.

It's not like the second the power goes out the temp plummets to freezing temps. It's not always so warm in Africa, they have a winter (not to much of one compared to other places) there too. If the power goes out for a few hours they should be fine. A couple of days would be a bit more alarming You could always box them up, get in the car and turn the heater on, or like someone else suggested go outside with them if it's warm enough. Although if it's that warm outside and you don't have power to run your ac, it's going to be that warm inside :D

I only have 8 snakes that are housed in one snakeroom. I live in Michigan so in the event that power goes out in the winter months - I got a propane heater that works indoors. I also keep the heatpacks on hand for short power outages.

Being a snake keeper - you always have to think ahead and be as prepared as possible for any situation. Just do the best you can.

If all else fails, pack them up and go to a friend or family member that has power.

I live in central Florida, so the threat of week(s) long power outages due to hurricanes is very real...

I have a back up generator, but my proportional thermostats won't run on the "dirty" power that generators produce. So along with the generator I have some cheap hydrofarm (on/off style thermostats) that will work on the power created by the generator.

For winter power outages, I have a portable generator to power my thermostats and the space heater in my snake room. I also have a back-up propane space heater. As a last resort, I have some hand warmers, and I could always move them into my living room, near the fireplace.

The other big contingency that I plan for is hurricanes. If we aren't going to take a direct hit, I will just stay and ride out the storm. I don't worry much about summer power outages because it won't get cold enough to harm them. I just make sure that I don't feed them before a hurricane, that way they won't be trying to digest should the power go out.
If we are going to take a direct hit, like we did last year, I just pack everybody in tubs, a few Under Tank Heaters, a thermostat, water bowls, and I evacuate them with me to a hotel, usually in Raleigh.

I have a gas hotwater heater so when I loose power I use hot water bottle in my enclosures usually get 4-5 hours at 75-85 out of a 2 litter bottle in my enclosures works in an emergency. I have also use hand warmers under my enclosures once or twice :)

Thanks you guys! I will only have one snake so I think I will buy some heat packs. Though I would probably get some kind of generator if I had more.